Esa Aunola appointed Chairman of the NGO Advisory Board of Northern Ostrobothnia
"By working together, we can achieve more and achieve more impactful results", summarises Esa Aunola, who was elected chairman of the Northern Ostrobothnia NGO Advisory Board. Aunola is an experienced Regional Regional Assembly operator. He represents the Villages of Northern Ostrobothnia in the Advisory Board of Organisations. Heli Hietala from the Finnish 4H Regional Regional Assembly was elected as Vice Chairman. At its first meeting, the Advisory Board discussed the basic principles of its activities. The field of organisations is diverse and the activities are broadly oriented towards different sectors of society, but there are also connecting fstakeholders. Promoting the well-being of people in Northern Ostrobothnia is at the heart of the activities of all organisations involved in the Advisory Board, and one of the basic objectives of the Advisory Board is also to promote the well-being of people in Northern Ostrobothnia. Concretely, this will be promoted, for example, by participating in the steering group work of the POPSOTE project, for which the Advisory Board appointed Arja Sutela from the Young Friends Regional Regional Assembly as its representative and Tanja Tanhua from the Oulu Deaconess Institute Foundation as her deputy. The Advisory Board strives to make organizational work visible through active communication, visits and advocacy work. The Advisory Board provides an excellent platform for enhancing cooperation between organisations operating in the region. During the four-year term starting now, the Advisory Board will be represented by 15 different organisations. Additional information: Chairman Esa Aunola, Northern Ostrobothnia Villages Regional Regional Assembly, tel. +358 40 551 3986 Development Manager, Secretary of the Advisory Board Ilpo Tapaninen, Regional Assembly of Oulu Region, tel. +358 50 301 7546
